FEDERAL COMM'N v. BROADCASTING CO.

No. 265.

309 U.S. 134 (1940)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 29, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Jackson, with whom Messrs. Warner W. Gardner, Robert M. Cooper, William J. Dempsey, William C. Koplovitz, and Benedict P. Cottone were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Charles D. Drayton and Eliot C. Lovett for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The court below issued a writ of mandamus against the Federal Communications Commission, and, because important issues of administrative law are involved, we brought the case here. 308 U.S. 535. We are called upon to ascertain and enforce the spheres of authority which Congress has given to the Commission and the courts, respectively, through its scheme for the regulation...

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